[Off Duty Gamers] Medal of Honor: Warfighter Review

In addition to the adrenaline-filled, fun moments there are some definite tough moments in the story that remind us about why we care about guys like Preacher, Mother, Dusty and Voodoo. Unlike a lot of critics reviewing this game who considered the characters flat, we have had brothers like this. People we served with every day at our side and led the way. That brotherhood is very well instrumented in the game. The operators just get each other. They are direct and to the point, operators don’t have time for BS and when things need to get done there isn’t a long speech to be made. Critics simply do not understand the Type A operator personality. Operators are men of few words. It is their ACTIONS that speak loudest.

While other reviews call out the pacing of this game, it feels spot on. There is no “hand holding”, and while the length of the single-player portion is short, it’s no shorter than any major release with plenty of reasons to come back and hunt for achievements/trophies. It is not an overly stylized view of SOF shooters. This is what Tier 1 operators go through, it seems that games like Call of Duty have given this overly “bromanced” view of it. And we take issue with anyone using Call of Duty as the authority on what makes a good single-player game. Also, who do these critics think they are by calling the story “propaganda” or “insipid”? While it’s nice to be able to toss around big boy words, to know what they mean and how disrespectful the tone used is to the real men the story represents is something to consider before being so dismissive about this title.